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In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the ... See full summary »

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In the vibrant African American neighborhood of Black Bottom in 1937 Detroit, brothers Buddy and Paul Hawkins are locked in a fight to hold onto the wealth, power, and influence they built illegally during prohibition.